BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : WORLD SERIES

At a golf tournament last winter, Molitor said he told Tom Candiotti that he would like to play for the Dodgers. “I knew things weren’t going very well with Milwaukee (Brewers) and there were a few teams that appealed to me, among them the Braves and the Dodgers.

I have always kind of liked the Dodger organization and (Tom) Lasorda and the atmosphere there.”

Of course, he’s pretty happy where he is now.

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Regardless of how John Kruk looks when he plays, Phillie team doctor Phillip Marone says that Kruk is not having any back pain, a condition that caused him to sit out a few games before the playoffs began. “That’s just Kruk,” Marone said. “That’s just how he looks.” Darren Daulton doesn’t look like he is playing in pain, but his knees hurt. He has had seven knee operations and plans to have another this winter. “He does it every year,” Fregosi said. “But try to sit him down, and he fights with me. He played in 147 games this year, and that’s a lot for a catcher.”